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It’s HOW Big?!?

This came about because I started wondering what different animal sizes from assorted games meant compared to each other, and to real creatures. It’s the sort of table I think will be very useful, spend ages working out, and then never actually use, because the act of working it out gives me enough of a feel to wing it during games. The sort of player questions it was intended to help me answer are:

“How much does that dire wolf carcass weigh? Can we fit it in the back of the cart?”

“How big is a 30-ton pouncer, anyway?”

“How many kangaroos do we need on the other side of the scales to balance his character?”

Classic Traveller

Savage Worlds

d20, D&D etc

Real World Examples

CT Examples

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–

Fine

Insect

–

–

Diminutive

Bat

–

–

Tiny

Rat, Weasel

1 kg

–

Tiny

Hawk

3 kg

-2

Tiny

Cat, Monkey

Anola, Beaked Monkey

6 kg

-2

Small

Eagle, Terrier

Tree Kraken

12 kg

-2

Small

Badger

25 kg

-2

Small

Small Dog

Chamax Juvenile, Chimearoc, Sea Bear

50 kg

-1

Medium

Baboon, Kangaroo, Labrador, Wolf

Bush Runner, Chamax Hunter

100 kg

+0, +1

Medium

Human, Dire Wolf

Groat, Snowcat

200 kg

+2

Large

Gorilla, Lion, Tiger

Thingvellir’s Crested Trapper

400 kg

+2

Large

Cow, Horse

800 kg

+3

Large

Brown Bear, Bison

1600 kg

+4

Huge

Hippo, Great White Shark

3200 kg

+4, +5

Huge

Small elephant, Orca, Rhinoceros

Small Daghshark

6000 kg

+6, +7

Huge

Large elephant, small Triceratops, T. Rex

Chamax Maternal, Nobble

12000 kg

Huge

Large Triceratops

18000 kg

24000 kg

30000 kg

Gargantuan

Brontosaurus

36000 kg

Gargantuan

40000 kg

Gargantuan

Humpback Whale

44000 kg

Gargantuan

Large Daghshark

–

+9

Colossal

Blue Whale (150 tons)

–

+10

Colossal

No known examples

Have I got any of this wrong? Can you fill in any of the gaps? Let me know!